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What we want in the new controlled assessments

This proposal discusses the need for improved controlled assessments in Science at Key Stage 4, including opportunities for students to carry out a range of experiments, analyze and evaluate results, and plan investigations. It also explores the impact on non-assessed practical work and highlights challenges and differences between Year 10 and Year 11. Additionally, it suggests the implementation of an ideal assessment format similar to A-levels.

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What we want in the new controlled assessments

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  1. What we want in the new controlled assessments • Opportunities for students to carry out a range of experiments with varying degrees of difficulty to allow discrimination between those who are practically apt. • Opportunities for students to analyse and evaluate given results – thus these skills are completely separately analysed to the practical competencies • Opportunities for students to show they could sensibly plan an investigation with due consideration for safety, reliability etc

  2. Science at Key Stage 4 at Longsands • Entry Level • Single Science • Applied Science • Double Science – Sci + Additional • Triple

  3. Activities which allow students to assess the significance of scientific reports (Sci in News) • Relevant topics engage better

  4. Good points of the current assessment of practicals • Students exposed to range of practical techniques in all 3 disciplines • Broadens knowledge and made science seem more relevant • Students encouraged to think and analyse • Provision of sample data overcomes practical ineptitude • Protection of practical provision even when it is inconvenient.

  5. Challenges to current system • Conformity across teaching staff • Tremendous amount of paper work • Odd moderating by board • Generic mark schemes • Varying degrees of difficulty to obtain highest marks e.g Can do • Time spent on CW compared to theory

  6. Time spent on practical work which will be assessed • Can – do tasks: 8 hrs (approx) • Science in the News: 4 – 6 hrs • Research Study: 4 – 6 hrs • Data Analysis: 4 – 6 hrs

  7. Impact on Non-Assessed Practical Work • Limits choice of practical • Impact more severe for non-exam classes and so their early preparation • Difficulty to gain access to computers

  8. Time difference between practicals in each discipline • We have no significant issues with this. • Timing of the activities needs careful organisation.

  9. Differences between Yr 10 & Yr 11 • Very difficult timetable issues initially • Yr 10 need ‘training’ – often staff do too!! • Yr 11 tend to be more focussed and demanding • Applied Science • Extremely beneficial that most work done in school

  10. Ideal Assessment Thoughts • Similar to A level – with specific papers, reducing choice and so increasing equality of provision. • Specific mark schemes • Papers to be taken in and not returned • Ensuring that Can Do type tasks equally represent each discipline

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